Williams Sonoma under $100

18 years ago

I received a gift certificate to Williams Sonoma from a friend, but am too overwhelmed to decide what to purchase with it. Do I get a lot of little things, or do I splurge and get something expensive? Some of the things I've been thinking about are the Calphalon all in one pasta/steamer stock pot, a nice mortar and pestle, or a pan that can go from the stovetop to the oven, because currently I don't have anything like that. What would you do? Other ideas?

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beanthere_dunthat
18 years ago
I'd get something I know I would use often, but have been reluctant to buy for myself. To me, the best thank you for a gift is that the person really does use it.

I have a pasta/steam/stock pot, and it does get a LOT of use.
cooperbailey
18 years ago
Oooh, I want one!! If it were me, and I have been perusing and drooling over the WS catalog lately,I would go for a "big thing". I often buy little things but I never splurge on the big thing. It's a gift! treat yourself big!
Go for it! Sue
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centralcacyclist
18 years ago
Go big! Get that item you wouldn't get for yourself because it seems too extravagant.
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
18 years ago
I would add another hundred to it and buy the staub pumpkin pot...I've been wanting that since last year. It's gorgeous and you'll have it forever.
Carol Schmertzler Siegel
18 years ago
Definitely go big! I used my W-S gift card on a Cuisinart Bread machine! or Le Creuset something! Go big and buy something you normally wouldn't splurge on, have fun!
ninos
18 years ago
If you have about $10 to spare after you bought your big item i recommend the Pecan Pumpkin Butter. It is the best pumpkin butter i have ever tasted. I enjoy serving it with crackers and a dollop of fresh cream. They have recipes to use it breads. However i love it by itself. Enjoy your GC. WS is one of my favorite stores.
3katz4me
18 years ago
I had that SAME problem - glad to hear it's not just me. I splurged on a few things (and got some gifts) after I got a new kitchen a couple years ago so I didn't really need anything big. I went in there about five times before I finally bought something. I had $80 - so far I bought a nice pepper mill and that Pumpkin Butter. The pepper mill was something I really wanted and needed and that I thought would remind me of the friends who gave me the GC on my 50th b-day. They were giving out samples of cake made with the pumpkin butter and I just succumbed after tasting it. I couldn't bring myself to buy a few gadgets with the remainder - when I knew I could buy similar at a much lower price. So I still have to go back and figure out something else.....
vicki_lv_nv
18 years ago
I post this very query a while back and got some wonderful ideas. I opted for another Shun knife. I have a dozen or so already, but didn't have a bread knife. I added a few bucks to the gift certificate to get it. I would also suggest the Pecan Pumpkin Butter. Oh my heck...it is sinful...right out of the jar from a spoon. Their pasta sauces are pretty good too. Enjoy spending!
sheshebop
18 years ago
I had this same dilemma. I had a gift cert for more than a year before I used it. I thought about getting one of those beautiful hammered copper pots with the acorns on the handles, but I needed a swap gift for our greed game at PFPP in Tennessee, so I got the mini pumpkin muffin tins, the gorgeous brown ceramic loaf pan with the pumpkin shaped top, and some of the mixes. As a matter of fact, Everything that I bought for my swap I also bought for myself, LOL. I agree that the pumpkin butter is fabulous.
However, I say go for a big thing that you might not buy without the added help of a gift cert. Have fun with it! It is my favorite store also. BTW, I also was very tempted by the Staub pumpkin pot. They had it marked down on sale when I was there, but I didn't get it. Boo Hoo.

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